Other LanguagesThis is written in response to your recent letter requesting our opinion on a question pertaining to the exemption of certain property from taxation under the provisions of chapter 55, Laws of 1970 (Senate Bill No. 144). As we understand it from your letter (and enclosures thereto) the issue raised by your question may be paraphrased as follows:
This is written in response to your recent letter requesting our opinion regarding the legal status of a certain organization, known as the "Black Student Union," which you report to have been formed by Negro students attending Davis High School in Yakima.
By letter, you have requested our opinion of a question which we paraphrase as follows: Is the chief of a county fire protection district eligible for coverage under chapter 41.26 RCW, if he is the sole fire chief, has no other employment, and has no specified work hours‑-if he devotes the full amount of time that is required by his employer to the duties of a fire chief?
This is written in response to your recent letter requesting our opinion as to the authority of a certain water district to expend district funds on a lawsuit designed to enjoin the city of Seattle from introducing flouride in the water supply of the district.
This is written in response to your recent letter requesting information regarding the authority of the state department of revenue in the area of enforcement of our cigarette excise tax laws against persons legally purchasing cigarettes in another state and then bringing them into this state either for resale or for consumption.
By letter previously acknowledged, you have requested an opinion of this office upon two questions which we paraphrase as follows: (1) May a single county unilaterally withdraw from an intercounty rural library district such as the Timberland Regional Library District? (2) Must a petition for dissolution of an intercounty rural library district be submitted by ten percent of the qualified voters of each and every county included within the library district?
By letter dated March 26, 1970, you requested our interpretation of the word "inhabitants" as contained in RCW 35A.03.010.
Reference is made to your letter dated March 26, 1971, requesting our opinion upon a question pertaining to the authority of a county or city disability board under the provisions of RCW 41.26.150 (1). Specifically, you have asked whether the authority granted to a disability board under this section to ". . . designate the hospital and medical service available to such sick or disabled member . . ." of the Washington law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system authorizes the disability board to limit or to determine the nature of medical services to be provided for a sick or disabled law enforcement officer or fire fighter by his employer.
This is written in response to your recent letter requesting our opinion with regard to the meaning of the phrase "preceding calendar year" as used in RCW 84.36.370 (4), relating to property tax exemptions for certain senior citizens, and providing that: "The amount that the person shall be exempt from an obligation to pay shall be calculated, on the basis of the combined income, from all sources whatsoever, of the person claiming the exemption and his or her spouse for the preceding calendar year, in accordance with the following schedule: . . ." (Emphasis supplied)
This is written in response to your recent request for our opinion on a question pertaining to the payment of compensation to certain persons while serving as superior court judges pro tempore. We paraphrase your question as follows: